Not much Tenor Saw on here
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So here is one of his classics from 1985.
Clive "Tenor Saw" Bright was a groundbreaking dancehall singer of the 1980s, whose wailing vocal style spawned numerous imitators - in fact, most dancehall singers of the era largely copied either Barrington Levy or Tenor Saw. Barrington is still with us, but Saw was killed twenty years ago, a victim of a Jamaican drugs feud, although some say he actually died by being hit by a car. He was 22 years old.
He recorded this, aged nineteen, for King Jammys, right at the start of the "Sleng Teng" explosion
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Funny how well much of this early dancehall has aged. I loathed nearly all of it when I first heard it, but this sounds strong....
Ah yes, I brought the "Under mi sleng teng" by Wayne Smith not heard this version consciously. I love Barringtons Here I come. That tune used to cause a riot in the dance hall. I'M broad ....I'm broader than Broadway.
Thanks Baudo - I agree with Ivy, this era has aged well. Maybe I just get it more now, being more rhythmically inclined then I was when I first heard it.